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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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The Middlemarch Trilogy: Dorothea's Story

Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

    The Middlemarch Trilogy: The Doctor's Story

    Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

    Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

      The Middlemarch Trilogy: Fred and Mary's Story

      Part of The Middlemarch Trilogy, adapted from George Eliot's novel by Geoffrey Beevers. Three interconnected plays, telling the story of Middlemarch from the perspective of a different set of characters: from county, town and countryside.

      Published in volume The Middlemarch Trilogy

        James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

        The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

        Published in volume The James Plays

          James II: Day of the Innocents

          The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.

          Published in volume The James Plays

            James III: The True Mirror

            The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

            Published in volume The James Plays

              Fred & Madge

              Joe Orton's brilliantly inventive and staggeringly bold first play.

              My Friend Duplicity

              A one-act duologue by Enda Walsh which went on to inspire his play Ballyturk.

              Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: Two

                Room 303

                A short monologue inspired by the Third Epistle of John and first produced by the Bush Theatre, London, as part of the Sixty-Six Books season in 2011.

                Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: Two

                  Bird

                  A cutting-edge monologue that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.

                    Gypsy Girl

                    A monologue first performed by Laura Lomas at Soho Theatre, London, on 5 October 2009 as part of Paines Plough's LATER programme.

                      Where I'm From

                      A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.

                        The Mineola Twins

                        An outrageously satirical play examining women's experience and the women's movement over more than three decades in post-World War II America.

                        Published in volume The Mammary Plays

                          The Happiest Song Plays Last

                          The final installment in Quiara Alegría Hudes’s three-play cycle, which began with Pulitzer Prize-finalist Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue and Pulitzer Prize-winner Water by the Spoonful.

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                          Feed the Beast

                          A fiercely funny look at the rocky relations between our press and politicians in a world of spin doctors and phone hacking.

                          The Country House

                          A witty and compelling play that takes a piercing look at a family of performers coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives.

                          • Paperback

                          All On Her Own

                          A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

                          Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her Own

                            Mr Incredible (VAULT version)

                            A monologue about love and entitlement by Camilla Whitehill, author of Where Do Little Birds Go?, who was described by The Times as 'a writer of huge promise'.

                            Published in volume Plays from VAULT